NEW SOUTH WALES
BRITISH COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
The British Colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 when a settlement for deported British convicts was established on the south eastern coast of Australia. (1) Convict transportation ended in 1851 and the same year the colony was granted internal autonomy. (1) At first the colony encompased all of Central and Eastern Australia, but in the course of the 19th century several other British colonies were carved out of its territory : - 1825 : Tasmania - 1836 : South Australia - 1851 : Victoria - 1859 : Queensland (Western Australia was only ruled by New South Wales 1829 - 1831) In 1863 the last part of New South Wales outside its present frontiers - the northern part of Australia - was transferred to South Australia. Non Australian dependencies of New South Wales included : - Lord Howe Island (since 1788) - Macquarie Island (1810 - 1890) - New Zealand (may 21 - nov 16 1840) - Norfolk Island (1788 - 1844 and since 1897) __________________________________________________________________________________BRITISH CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Governors (also governors of Norfolk Island until 1897) 1846 - 1855 Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy 1796 - 1858 1855 - 1861 Sir William Thomas Denison 1804 - 1871 1861 John Francis Kempt* 1805 - 1892 1861 - 1867 Sir John Young 1807 - 1876 1867 - 1868 Sir Trevor Chute* 1816 - 1886 1868 - 1872 Sir Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, Earl of Belmore 1835 - 1913 1872 Sir Alfred Stephen* 1802 - 1894 1872 - 1879 Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson 1824 - 1897 1879 Sir Alfred Stephen* (2x) 1879 - 1885 Sir Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus 1817 - 1909 1885 Sir Alfred Stephen* (3x) 1885 - 1890 Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington Baron Carrington 1843 - 1928 1890 - 1891 Sir Alfred Stephen* (4x) 1891 - 1893 Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey 1845 - 1915 1893 Sir Frederick Matthew Darley* 1830 - 1910 1893 - 1895 Sir Robert William Duff 1835 - 1895 1895 Sir Frederick Matthew Darley* (2x) 1895 - 1899 Henry Robert Brand, Viscount Hampden 1841 - 1906 1899 Sir Frederick Matthew Darley* (3x) 1899 - 1901 William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp 1872 - 1938 __________________________________________________________________________________MINISTERS
Premiers 1856 Stuart Alexander Donaldson 1812 - 1867 1856 Charles Cowper 1807 - 1875 1856 - 1857 Henry Watson Parker 1808 - 1881 1857 - 1859 Charles Cowper (2x) 1859 - 1860 William Forster 1818 - 1882 1860 - 1861 John Robertson 1816 - 1891 1861 - 1863 Charles Cowper (3x) 1863 - 1865 James Martin 1820 - 1886 1865 - 1866 Charles Cowper (4x) 1866 - 1868 James Martin (2x) 1868 - 1870 John Robertson (2x) 1870 Charles Cowper (5x) 1870 - 1872 Sir James Martin (3x) 1872 - 1875 Henry Parkes 1815 - 1896 1875 - 1877 John Robertson (3x) 1877 Henry Parkes (2x) 1877 Sir John Robertson (4x) 1877 - 1878 Jan James Squires Farnell 1825 - 1888 1878 - 1883 Sir Henry Parkes (3x) 1883 - 1885 Alexander Stuart 1824 - 1886 1885 George Richard Dibbs 1834 - 1904 1885 - 1886 Sir John Robertson (5x) 1886 - 1887 Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings 1831 - 1897 1887 - 1889 Sir Henry Parkes (4x) 1889 George Richard Dibbs (2x) 1889 - 1891 Sir Henry Parkes (5x) 1891 - 1894 George Richard Dibbs (3x) 1894 - 1899 George Houston Reid 1845 - 1918 1899 - 1901 William John Lyne 1844 - 1913
AUSTRALIAN STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
In 1901 New South Wales became a founding member state of the Commonwealth of Australia. (2) (2) Lord Howe Island remaimed part of the new state. Norfolk Island was transferred to the central government in 1914. ___________________________________________________________________________________ROYAL REPRESENTATIVES
Governors 1901 William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp s.a. 1901 - 1902 Sir Frederick Matthew Darley (4x) 1902 - 1909 Adm. Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson 1843 - 1910 1909 George Bowen Simpson* 1838 - 1915 1909 - 1913 Frederick John Napier Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford 1868 - 1933 1913 Sir William Cullen* 1855 - 1935 1913 - 1917 Sir Gerald Strickland 1861 - 1940 1917 - 1918 Sir William Cullen* (2x) 1918 - 1923 Sir Walter Edward Davidson 1859 - 1923 1923 - 1924 Sir William Cullen* (3x) 1924 - 1930 Adm. Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair 1864 - 1958 1930 Sir William Cullen* (4x) 1930 - 1935 Air Vice-Marsh. Sir Philip Woolcott Game 1876 - 1961 1935 Sir Philip Whistler Street* 1863 - 1938 1935 - 1936 Gen. Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie (193.) 1872 - 1955 1936 Sir Philip Whistler Street* (2x) 1936 Adm. Sir David Murray Anderson 1874 - 1936 1936 - 1937 Sir Philip Whistler Street* (3x) 1937 - 1945 Capt. John de Vere Loder, Baron Wakehurst 1895 - 1970 __________________________________________________________________________________MINISTERS
Premiers 1901 William John Lyne s.a. 1901 - 1904 John See 1844 - 1907 1904 Thomas Waddell 1854 - 1940 1904 - 1907 Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers 1857 - 1932 1907 - 1910 Charles Gregory Wade 1863 - 1922 1910 - 1913 James Sinclair Taylor McGowen 1855 - 1922 1913 - 1920 William Arthur Holman 1871 - 1934 1920 - 1921 John Storey 1869 - 1921 1921 James Thomas Dooley 1877 - 1950 1921 Sir George Warburton Fuller (one day on dec 20) 1861 - 1940 1921 - 1922 James Thomas Dooley (2x) 1922 - 1925 Sir George Warburton Fuller (2x) 1925 - 1927 John Thomas Lang 1876 - 1975 1927 - 1930 Thomas Rainsford Bavin 1874 - 1941 1930 - 1932 John Thomas Lang (2x) 1932 - 1939 Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens 1889 - 1973 1939 - 1941 Alexander Mair 1889 - 1961 1941 - 1947 William John McKell 1891 - 1985
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